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Teens Making a Difference

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Is your opinion significant? Help your class discover the influence their opinions hold and encourage them to make a positive change in their community. To start, they get in teams and brainstorm why their school should have more healthy...
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Letter from Christopher Columbus to Luis de Sant Angel Announcing His Discovery (1493)

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
When Christopher Columbus landed, he found many things to comment on. Have your class read this letter that he wrote to Luis de Sant Angel in 1493. The text is split up into sections. Each section is paired with two to three...
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Lesson 3: Writing a News Story

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Start a writing lesson by examining a news video that explains writing clearly, concisely, and correctly. Learners consider the importance of writing news properly to avoid breaking the law, then write their own weekend news stories.
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A Teacher's Guide to The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
What if the Gingerbread Man was trying to catch you, rather than the other way around? Pupils can find out what happens by reading the story The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray and enrich their experience with the...
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Jeffrey and Sloth: Six Traits of Writing

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Use drawings as inspiration. Have learners doodle for 10 minutes before beginning the lesson. Then, have them use their doodles to inspire a story. Several writing activities are included here to play with writing. One of my favorites...
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Practice Writing Numbers 0-7

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learners practice their handwriting with this tracing numbers worksheet, focusing on numbers 0-7. They examine an example number with arrows to guide their pencil. Next, they trace the same number, following the arrows. Finally, there is...
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Letter Mm Practice

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this letter M practice worksheet, students practice their handwriting skills as they independently write uppercase and lowercase letters on 6 lines provided. Students also practice writing the word met.
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Bookends - How to Close Your Letter

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this reading and writing worksheet, students practice the skill of writing a concise document that includes a "bookended" beginning, middle, and concluding piece of writing. The students read national winning letters and compare the...
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Send a Postcard

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Using Claude Monet's On the Bank of the Seine as inspiration, young artists create their own postcards. During the lesson, learners discuss the techniques used in Monet's painting, as well as the woman in the painting, and...
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Alphabet Letter T

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this handwriting of letter T worksheet, students read two short sentences, trace the uppercase and lowercase letter T once and then write both letters in the four boxes provided.
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Beginning Reading: The Letter J

For Students K - 2nd
In this letter recognition and printing practice worksheet, students circle all the letters J and j they can find in a letter jumble. They then practice writing both the upper and lowercase letter J three times.
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Beginning Reading: The Letter F

For Students K - 3rd
In this letter recognition and printing practice worksheet, students circle all letters F and f that they can find in a letter jumble. They then practice writing the upper and lowercase letters F three times each.
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Tracing the Letter n

For Students K - 1st
Young writers get plenty of practice with lowercase letter n as they watch the magic pencil. Consider creating a "magic pencil" for your class, and inviting willing participants up to demonstrate proper handwriting skills. They...
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Letter H

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this letter h worksheet, students color the upper and lower case h and color the rat. Students color 3 items total and practice writing the letter h.
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Tracing the Letter U

For Teachers K - 1st
In this tracing the letter U worksheet, learners trace over the dotted lines to practice writing upper and lowercase letter U.
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Beginning Reading: The Letter B

For Students K - 2nd
In this printing practice instructional activity, students read that "B is for butterfly" and practice writing both the upper and lowercase letter B four times. There is one example available for them to trace.
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Letters from Rifka

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read Letters from Rifka and discuss the feelings of people forced to leave their homes and countries.  For this migration lesson, 4th graders relate their feelings about moving from their home forever. Students trace...
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Formal Letter Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the appropriate language and format associated with a formal letter. They practice writing a formal letter concerning an environmental health issue. Students identify the strengths/weaknesses of a formal letter...
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Revise and Edit Writing

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders write, revise, and edit a letter and a story. In this revising and editing lesson plan, 7th graders learn the differences between revising and editing by doing the two to a letter and eventually a story.
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Book Letters

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars study language. In this writing lesson, students listen to a story and then compose a friendly letter, about the  book, to a friend. They work independently to compose their letter depicting what happened in the...
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Pen Pal Letters to Soldiers Overseas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write letters to soldiers overseas with correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization. They learn three facts about the geography of the area where the pen pal is located and about the pen pal.
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Writing a V-Mail Letter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the challenges of delivering vast amounts of servicemen mail during World War II. In this historical perspectives lesson, students determine how to solve the problem that the postal service faced during the war...
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Writing a Political Leader

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students write a letter to a political leader. In this letter writing instructional activity, students also demonstrate their understanding of current political issues.
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Letter-writing

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students create stationary that wraps right up into its own envelope. They write and illustrate a message on the inside of the envelope and design the outside of the envelope using symbols that hint at the contents. They write the return...

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